Last night I learned a lot about dance.I hadn't been to much contemporary dance for about a decade (save the National Ballet's Rooster last year), but I landed in a great place to reacquaint myself with it. 60 dances in 60 minutes delivered. I was surprised at how apparently disparate elements could be drawn into a movement piece, particulary with great humour--not only the audience but also the company had fun. If you feel up to speed on contemporary from watching So You Think You Can Dance, treat yourself to it live: there was an energy in the room that was engaging, even to the relative neophytes like me. I was also struck by the physical strength of the five dancers, which you can't always appreciate in a larger performance space. I certainly was made more conscious of time and our interaction with it, reinforced by the cyclical elements of the choreography--and who'd have thought water, tickling and shepherd's pie would accomplish that??? By the end of the per…

Pi (as in 3.14....)is a decade-old film by Wrestler director Darren Aronofsky, which is a pseudo thriller/scifi/psychological film that dabbles in Kabbalistic mysticism, mathematical theory and theology, and migraine-racked pscyhotic behaviour. Filmed in grainy black and white, this is one INTENSE film. Think A Beautiful Mind gone Jewish and (even more) paranoid. But it had me completely riveted the whole time. Another one not for the faint of heart, but very cool for the true pscyhological film junkies!

Thanks to the Rev. Greg Carpenter, I have learned about exciting new Christian art!!!!! Brit Ian Pollock has several cool series on his website: Miracles and Parables 2000, Testament 2004...this stuff is awesome. Above is Man with the Unclean Spirit.